SAUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SAUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAUGH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAUGH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAUGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAUGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SAUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A dialect word from Scotland for the willow tree.
In older Scots poetry and song, the saugh stood for the slender tree that leans over burns and boggy ground, its drooping branches often linked with mourning or lament. Place names across the country still preserve saugh where a hollow or field once grew thick with these trees beside the water. Older Scots poets used saugh in verse where present-day writing would simply say willow. The plant's supple young branches traditionally served for basket-weaving and simple wickerwork fencing.
How SAUGH is used
Saugh belongs to Scots vocabulary and turns up mainly in older poetry, song, and place names rather than modern speech.
- A lone saugh leaned out over the burn.
- The old song mourns beneath the weeping saugh.
- Baskets were once woven from young saugh branches.
- The farm took its name from the saugh trees along the ditch.
- Wind bent the slender saugh almost to the water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAUGH
2 longer words begin with SAUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SAUGH
Common questions about SAUGH
- Is SAUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAUGH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAUGH worth?
- SAUGH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAUGH mean?
- A dialect word from Scotland for the willow tree.
- What letters can be added to SAUGH?
- SAUGH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAUGH:
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